NIELIT Exam Syllabus 2026: Download O/A/B/C Level Syllabus PDFs

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NIELIT 2026 syllabus can be checked online at student.nielit.gov.in. The list of units and topics to be prepared for the upcoming examination is available through the NIELIT 2026 O/A/B/C level syllabus, which is expected to be similar to the previous year syllabus. Candidates are advised to check the detailed syllabus of NIELIT 2026 carefully before commencing their preparation process for the exam. Being familiar with the syllabus will allow the candidates to prepare a good study strategy for NIELIT 2026. Since the question paper will be prepared using the syllabus, they are advised to check the topics in detail. Along with the syllabus. the NIELIT 2026 exam pattern should also be checked. Read to know more about the NIELIT 2026 Syllabus.

Q: What do I need to prepare for the NIELIT O-level exam?

According to the recent NIELIT O level exam syllabus, the below-mentioned units need to be covered by the candidates:

Information Technology Tools and Network Basics
Web Designing & Publishing
Programming and Problem Solving through Python
Internet of Things and its Applications
Project

The comprehensive NIELIT syllabus is provided on the internet at nielit.gov.in.

Q: Is it essential to follow the NIELIT syllabus for exam preparation?

Yes, the candidates are recommended to go through the NIELIT syllabus thoroughly before their examination. By understanding the syllabus, candidates will be clear about the units and topics they need to prepare for the entrance test. Having knowledge in advance about the topics that need to be prepared for the exam will enable the candidates to come up with a proper exam strategy.

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NIELIT 2026 O/A/B/C Syllabus
NIELIT 2026 Exam Pattern

NIELIT 2026 O/A/B/C Syllabus

Candidates can check the course-wise NIELIT 2026 syllabus and the recommenced reference materials from the tables given below.

NIELIT 2026 O Level Syllabus [5th Revision (R5.1)]

Units	Topics	Reference Materials
Information Technology Tools and Network Basics	Introduction to Computer Introduction to Operating System Word Processing Spreadsheet Presentation Introduction to Internet and WWW E-mail, Social Networking and e-Governance Services Digital Financial Tools and Applications Overview of Future Skills & Cyber Security	Libr Office, Getting Started Guide by LibreOffice Documentation Team Computer Networking by EdTittel, McGraw Hills Companies OpenOffice.org for DUMMIES by Gurdy Leete, Ellen Finkelstein and Mary Leete
Web Designing & Publishing	Introduction to Web Design Editors HTML Basics Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) CSS Framework JavaScript and Angular JS Photo Editor Web Publishing and Browsing	HTML5, Black Book, Kagent Learning Solution Inc, 2014 Mastering HTML, CSS &JavaScript Web Publishing by Lemay Laura, BPB publications HTML & CSS: The Complete Reference by Thomas Powell Web Design, McGraw–Hill Learning Angular JS by Brad Dayley, Pearson
Programming and Problem Solving through Python	Introduction to Programming, Algorithms and Flowcharts to solve problems Introduction to Python, Operators, Expressions and Python Statements, Sequence data types Functions, File Processing, Modules NumPy Basics	Python Programming- A Modular Approach (with Graphics, database, Mobile and Web Applications by Sheetal Taneja and Naveen Kumar, Pearson. Python Network Programming Cookbook by Pradeeban Kathiravelu, Dr. M. O. Faruque Sarkar, PACKT. Head First Python by Paul Berry, O’Reilly Dive into Python by Mark Pilgrim, APress Beginning Programming with Python Dummies by John Paul Meuller
Internet of Things and its Applications	Introduction to IoT – Applications/Devices, Protocols and Communication Model Things and Connections Sensors, Actuators and Microcontrollers Building IoT Applications Security and Future of IoT Ecosystem Soft skills-Personality Development	Macro Schwartz, “Internet of Things with Arduino- Cookbook”, Packt 2016 Arshdeep Bajga and Vijay Madisetti, “Internet of Things- A Hands-on Approach” Universities Press, 2014 Massimo Banzi, “Getting Started with Arduino”, 2nd Edition, Oreilly, 2011 Macro Schwartz, “Internet of Things with Arduino”, Open Home Automation Michael Margolis, “Arduino Cookbook”, Oreilly, 2011
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NIELIT 2026 A Level Syllabus [5th Revision (R5.1)]

Units	Topics	Reference Materials
Information Technology Tools and Network Basics	Introduction to Computer Word Processing Spreadsheet Presentation Introduction to Internet and WWW, E-mail, Social Networking and e-Governance Services Digital Financial Tools and Applications, Overview of Future Skills & Cyber Security	Libre Office, Getting Started Guide by Libre Office Documentation Team Microsoft Office for Dummies by Wallace Wang Mastering MS Office by Bittu Kumar, V & S Publisher Mastering Office 2016 by Lalit Mali, Notion Press Computer Networking by Tittel Ed, McGraw Hills Companies OpenOffice.org for DUMMIES by Gurdy Leete, Ellen Finkelstein and Mary Leete
Web Designing & Publishing	Introduction to Web Design and Editors, HTML Basics Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) CSS Framework JavaScript and Angular Js Photo Editor, Web Publishing and Browsing	HTML5, Black Book, Kagent Learning Solution Inc, 2014 Mastering HTML, CSS &JavaScript Web Publishing by Lemay Laura, BPB publications HTML & CSS: The Complete Reference by Thomas Powell Web Design, McGraw-Hill
Programming and Problem-solving through Python Language	Introduction to Programming, Algorithms and Flowcharts to solve problems Introduction to Python, Operators, Expressions and Python Statements, Sequence data types Functions, File Processing, Modules NumPy Basics	Python Programming- A Modular Approach (with Graphics, database, Mobile and Web Applications by Sheetal Taneja and Naveen Kumar, Pearson Python Network Programming Cookbook by Pradeeban Kathiravelu, Dr. M. O. Faruque Sarkar, PACKT. Head First Python by Paul Berry, O’Reilly Dive into Python by Mark Pilgrim, APress Beginning Programming with Python Dummies by John Paul Meuller.
Introduction to the Internet of Things(IoT) and its Applications	Introduction to IoT – Applications/Devices, Protocols and Communication Model Things and Connections Sensors, Actuators and Microcontrollers Building IoT Applications Security and Future of IoT Ecosystem Soft skills-Personality Development	Macro Schwartz, “Internet of Things with Arduino Cookbook”, Packt 2016 Arshdeep Bajga and Vijay Madisetti, “Internet of Things- A Hands-on Approach” Universities Press, 2014 Massimo Banzi, “Getting Started with Arduino”, 2nd Edition, Oreilly, 2011 Macro Schwartz, “Internet of Things with Arduino”, Open Home Automation Michael Margolis, “Arduino Cookbook”, Oreilly, 2011
Data Structure Through Object-Oriented Programming Language	Object Oriented Concepts Basics of C++, classes and objects Analysis of algorithms Sorting and Searching Elementary Data Structures- Arrays, Linked Lists Stack and Queue Trees Graphs	Object Oriented Programming with C++ by Robert Lafore Object Oriented Programming with C++ by E Balaguruswamy Data Structures Through C++ by Yashwant Kanetkar Schaum’s Outlines Data Structures Seymour Lipschutz
Computer Organization and Operating System	Basic Structure of Computers Computer Arithmetic Operations Central Processing Unit and Instructions Memory Organization I/O Organization Operating Systems Overview Linux Basics Process Management and Shell Script Users, Groups and Permissions Standard I/O and Pipes Finding and processing files	Operating System Concepts by Peter B. Galvin, Greg Gagne and Abraham Silberschatz Computer System Architecture by Morris Mano Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles by William Stallings, Peasons Operating Systems: A Concept-Based Approach, by D. M. Dhamdhere, McGraw Hills Computer Organization by John L. Hennessy, McGraw Hills Computer Organization and Architecture by V. Rajaraman, T Radhakrishnan, PHI
Databases Technologies	An Overview of the Database Management System Architecture of Database System Relational Database Management System(RDBMS) Database Design Maria DB Manipulating Data with MariaDB NoSQL Database Technologies Selecting Right Database	Henry F Korth, Abraham Silberschatz and S. Sudharshan, “Database System Concepts”, Sixth Edition, McGraw Hill, 2011 C.J.Date, A.Kannan and S.Swamynathan, ”An Introduction to Database Systems”, Pearson Education Emilien Kenler and Federico Razzoli, “MariaDB Essentials”, Packt Publishing, 2015 Kristina Chodorow, “MongoDB: The Definitive Guide”, 2nd Edition, O'Reilly Saeed K. Rahimi and Frank S. Haug, “Distributed Database Management SystemsA Practical Approach”, WILEY Publication R. Elmasri, S.B. Navathe, “Fundamentals of Database Systems”, Fifth Edition, Pearson Education/Addison Wesley Alex Giamas, “Mastering MongoDB”, Packt Publisher
Systems Analysis, Design and Testing	Introduction Requirement Gathering and Feasibility Analysis Structured Analysis Structured Design Object-Oriented Modelling Using UML Testing, System Implementation and Maintenance, Other Software Development Approaches	Henry F Korth, Abraham Silberschatz and S. Sudharshan, “Database System Concepts”, Sixth Edition, McGraw Hill, 2011 System Analysis and Design Methods by Jeffrey L Whitten and Lonnie D Bentley, McGraw Hill System Analysis and Design by Alan Dennis, Barbara Haley Wixom, Roberta M Roth, Publisher-Wiley Modern Systems Analysis and Design-6th Edition by Hoffer, George, Published by Pearson Education India System Analysis and Design by Dr. Brijendra Singh, Published by New Age International Private Limited Software Engineering by K. K. Aggarwal and Yogesh Singh, New Age International Publisher
Big Data Analytics Using Hadoop	Analyzing and Defining Business Requirement and Introduction to Operating System (Ubuntu) Java Programming Hadoop Framework and Map Reduce Programming Techniques Analysing Data using HIVE, R, RHIVE, HIVE – JDBC Introduction to HBASE, PIG and JAQL	Java - The Complete Reference by H. Schildt, Tata McGraw-Hill Head First Java by Kathy Sierra & Bert Bates, O’Reilly. Programming with Java A Primer by E Balagurusamy, Tata McGraw-Hill. Hadoop, The Definite Guide by Tom White, O'Reilly Hadoop Operation by Eric Sammer, O'Reilly Big Data by DT Editorial Services, Black Book Apache HIVE Essential, Dayong Du, Packt Publisher HBase Essentials by Nishant Garg, Packt Publisher
Data Science Using Python	Python Language, Structures, Programming Constructs Data Science Concepts Numpy Pandas Statistical Concepts and Functions Matplotlib GUI –Tkinter Machine Learning – The Next Step	Python for Data Analysis by OReilly Getting Started with Python Data Analysis Python Data Science Handbook: Essential Tools for Working with Data By O’Reilly Python for Data Science for Dummies
Web Application Development Using PHP	Introduction to the Website Development and Introduction to Linux Operating System Review of designing of Web pages Review of Client Side Validations using various techniques Server-side programming language PHP Database connectivity with PHP and MySQL Web Services & security vulnerabilities	PHP and MySQL® Web Development: Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Author: Laura Thomson, Luke Welling Beginning PHP6, Apache, MySQL Web Development Publisher: Wrox Author: Elizabeth Naramore, Jason Gerner, Yann Le Scouarnec, Jeremy Stolz, Michael K.Glass Timothy Boronczyk PHP: The Complete Reference by Steven Holzner, McGraw Hills PHP and MySQL Web Development, Luke Welling, Laura Thomson, Pearson
Full Stack Web Development using MVC Framework	MVC Infrastructure Basics, PHP Frameworks & Introduction to CakePHP Models Controller and Views PHP Basics and Conditional Logic Functions and Error Handling Object Oriented Programming MySQL Installation and Basics Advanced Queries and Data Manipulation using PHP and MySQL Creating Dynamic Forms using CakePHP HTML Helpers	PHP and MySQL Web Development: Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Author: Laura Thomson, Luke Welling Beginning PHP6, Apache, MySQL Web Development Publisher: Wrox Author: Elizabeth Naramore, Jason Gerner, Yann Le Scouarnec, Jeremy Stolz, Michael K.Glass Timothy Boronczyk Learn CakePHP Publisher: Apress Author: Radharadhya Dasa Practical CakePHP Projects Publisher: Apress Author: Miller Cheryl
Network Management	Introduction to Computer Networks Introduction: Networks Layers/Models Physical Layer Data Link Network Layer Transport Layer Congestion Control Application Layer Networking Devices Fundamentals of Mobile Communication	Introduction to Computer Communication Networks Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks
Information Security Management	Network Fundamentals Introduction to cyber security and attacks Cryptography Network Security and Countermeasures Web Server and Application Security Security Auditing Cyber Law and IT Act 2000 Cyber Forensics	Cryptography and Network Security Principles and Practices, William Stallings, Seventh Edition, Pearson Network Security Essentials: Applications and Standards Paperback, William Stallings Cryptography and Network Security Paperback, Atul Kahate Computer Networks, 5e (5th Edition) Paperback, Tanenbaum Principles of Computer Security: CompTIA Security+ and Beyond, W. A. Coklin, G. White, Fifth Edition Cyber Law-Law of Information Technology and Internet Paperback, Anirudh Rastogi Hands-on Incident Response and Digital Forensics, Jason Wayne
Internet of Things: A Practical Approach	Hardware Platform for Prototyping IoT Applications Sensors, Actuators and Interfacing IoT - Networking & Protocols Webserver Basics for IoT The IoT Database Management & Cloud Connectivity Security for Next Generation IoT, IIoT	Macro Schwartz, Macro Schwartz, “Internet of Things with ESP8266”, Open Home Automation Arshdeep Bagha and Vijay Madisetti, “Internet of Things- A Hands-on Approach” Universities Press, 2014. David Hanes, Gonzalo Salgueiro, and Patrick Grossetete "IoT Fundamentals: Networking Technologies, Protocols, and Use Cases for the Internet of Things" Michael Margolis, “Arduino Cookbook”, Oreilly, 2011 Catalin Batrinu “ESP8266 Home Automation Projects”, Packt
Internet of Things using Raspberry Pi	Introduction to Single Board Computer – Raspberry Pi Configuring and Managing Raspberry Pi Linux Operating System Basics Hardware interfacing - GPIO programming Raspberry Pi-based IoT application use cases	Simon Monk, “Raspberry Pi - Cookbook”, 2nd Edition, O'Reilly 2017 Maneesh Rao “Internet of Things with Raspberry Pi 3: Leverage the power of Raspberry Pi 3 and JavaScript to build exciting IoT projects” Packt Arshdeep Bahga and Vijay Madisetti, “Internet of Things- A Hands-on Approach” Universities Press, 2014 Sai Yamanoor and Srihari Yamanoor, “Python Programming with Raspberry Pi”, Packt
Artificial Intelligence Concepts and R Programming	Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Applications of AI Data Preparation and Machine Learning Basics R Programming & Statistical Data Analysis	R for Everyone By Jared P. Lander Artificial Intelligence- Reshaping Life and Business by Prabhath Kumar Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Experts System, by Patterson Dan, W., PHI Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Eugene Chaniak, Drew McDermott, Pearson Artificial Intelligence a Modern Approach, by Peter Novick, S. J. Russel, Pearson R for Data Science, Hardly Wickham, Garrett Grolemund, O’Reilly
Machine Learning Using Python	Advanced Python Machine Learning Deep Learning Computer Vision Natural Language Processing	Simon Monk, “Raspberry Pi - Cookbook”, 2nd Edition, O'Reilly 2017 Machine Learning An Algorithmic Perspective by Stephen Marshland Programming in Python by Mark Summerfield Learning Python By Mark Lutz, David Ascher Introduction to Machine Learning with Python by Andreas C Muller, Sarah Guido Learning Open CV - Computer Vision with the OpenCV Library by O'Reilly Open CV Essentials by Oscar Deniz Suarez, Noelia Vallez Enano by Packt Publishers

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NIELIT 2026 B Level Syllabus [5th Revision]

Units	Topics	Reference Materials
Basic Mathematics	Sequences & Series Matrices and Determinant Analytical Geometry Vectors Differential Calculus Integral Calculus	H Anton, I. Bivens, S. Davis, “Calculus”, John Wiley and Sons E. Kreysig, “Advanced Engineering Mathematics”, 8th Edition. Wiley, 2002, McGraw Hill G.B. Thomas, Jr. R.L. Finney, “Calculus and Analytic Geometry”, Pearson Education Asia, Ninth Edition, 2002 B. S. Grewal, “Higher Engineering Mathematics”, Khanna Publisher
Management Fundamentals and Information Systems	Management Basics Information Systems Enterprise Systems System Development Process Information Systems Security, Overview of Project Management and Case Studies	Management Information System by James O’Brien and Others, 2017 Management Information System by Kenneth C Laudon, Jane Laudon, 2019, Pearson Principles and Practices of Management, L. M. Prashad, 2021 Fundamental of Management, Stephen Robbins, Mary Coulter, David Ce Cenzo Management Principles and Practices, CB Gupta, 2016 Software Engineering, A Practitioner’s Approach, 2017 Fundamentals of Software Engineering, Rajib Mall, 5th Edition
Discrete Structure	Sets & Functions Formal Logic Analysis of Algorithms Storage and Feature Extraction of Graphs and Trees Counting and Combinatorics Dynamic Programming	Kenneth N. Rosen, “Discrete Mathematics and its applications”, Tata McGraw Hill, 08th Edition C.L. Liu, “Elements of Discrete mathematics” Tata McGraw Hill., 4th Edition Norman L. Biggs “Discrete Mathematics Oxford University Press”, 2nd Edition Trembling, J.P. & Manohar P, “Discrete mathematical structure with applications, Tata McGraw Hill., 3rd Edition Vinay Kumar, Discrete Mathematics, BPB, India, 5th Edition Dynamic Programming: A Computational Tool Author: Authors: Holger Mauch, Art Lew, 1st Edition Python Programming: Using Problem Solving Approach Paperback by Reema Thareja (Author), 1st Edition
Software Engineering	Software Engineering Fundamentals Software Requirements Analysis & Specification CASE diagrams and Tools Software Design Development of Use cases and UML diagrams Coding and Software Testing Software Quality and Metrics Software Maintenance and Configuration Management Object-Oriented Software Engineering Advanced Software Engineering Topics	Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, Addison-Wesley, 2009 [9th Edn] Roger S. Pressman, Software Engineering - A Practitioner Approach, McGraw Hill, 2010 [7th Edn] W.S. Jawadekar, Software Engineering – A Primer, TMH-2008 Bob Hughes and Mike Cotterell, Software Project Management (5th Edition), McGraw-Hill
Operating System	Operating System Structures File System Process Management Process Synchronization Memory Management Storage Management Protection and Security Virtualization Distributed, Networks and Embedded OS Case Study: Linux and Microsoft Windows	Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne “Operating System Concepts”, Willey Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhull, “Operating Systems: Design & Implementation”, 2002, Pearson Education Asia. Real-Time Embedded Components and Systems with Linux and RTOS by Sam Siewert and John Pratt D.M. Dhamdhere, “Operating Systems: A Concept Based Approach”, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company. A.S. God bole, “Operating Systems”, Tata McGraw Hill Richard L.Petersen, “LINUX: The Complete Reference “fifth edition, Tata McGraw Hill
Data Communications and Computer Networks	Introduction to Data Communications Introduction to Computer Networks Physical Layer Data Link Layer Network Layer Transport Layer Application Layer Multimedia in Data Communication Communication Protocols in IoT Network Programming using Python High-Speed Networks QoS in Data Networks Introduction to Software-Defined Networking	Behrouz A Forouzan, “Data Communication and Networking”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 06th Edition, 2021 William Stallings, “Data and Computer Communications”, Pearson Education. A. S. Tanenbaum, “Computer Networks”, Fourth Edition, Pearson Education. William Stallings, Foundations of Modern Networking: SDN, NFV, QoE, IoT, and Cloud, 2016, Addison-Wesley Professional
Computer-Based Statistical and Numerical Methods	Introduction to Statistics & Probability Distribution Functions Statistical Inference Regression Analysis Representation of Numbers Algebraic and Transcendental Equations System of Linear Equations Numerical Differentiation & Integration	Sastry, S.S, “Introductory Methods of Numerical Analysis”, 5th Edition. Curtis F. Gerald and Patrick O. Wheatley, “Applied Numerical Analysis”, 7th Edition Ross, S.M, “A First Course in Probability”., 8th Edition Trivedi, K.S., “Probability & Statistics with Reliability, Queuing, and Computer Science Applications”, 2nd Edition Python Programming: Using Problem Solving Approach Paperback by Reema Thareja (Author), 1st Edition
Professional & Business Communication	Basics of Communication Communication Techniques Listening Practices Communication in Groups and Teams Technical Communication Interpersonal Communication Skills Resumes and Interviews Presentation Skills Technology in Communication Collaborative Technology	Business Communication Today \| Fourteenth Edition \| By Pearson by Courtland L. Bovee, John V. Thill, et al. 2018 Fundamentals of Business Communication, 1e by Mukesh Chaturvedi ,2012 Business Correspondence and Report Writing - A Practical Approach to Business and Technical Communication \| 6th Edition by R C Sharma, Krishna Mohan, et al. 2020
Advanced Database Technologies	Recap 1 on Relational model and relational algebra Recap 2 on E-R models and Normalization process Database Architectures and Open-source databases Database Properties and Database Securities Queries Languages/ SQL Transactions and Concurrency Durability Recovery manager Concept of Data Warehouses and OLAP Advanced Topics	Bales, Beginning PL/SQL: From Novice to Professional; Springer 2007 Connolly T, Begg C, Database Systems, Fourth Ed, Addison/Wesley 2008 Connolly T, Begg C, Holowczak R, Business Database Systems. Pearson/AddisonWesley, 2008 Kifer et al. Database Systems Oracle 9iR2 data warehousing Boston, MA: Digital Press, 2003. Kimball, Ralph, the data warehouse ETL toolkit practical techniques for extracting, cleaning, conforming, and delivering data Indianapolis, Ind.: Wiley, c2004 Kimball, Ralph & Ross, Margy, The data warehouse toolkit the complete guide to dimensional modeling, second edition New York: Wiley, c2002. Hobbs, Lillian, et al., Oracle 9iR2 data warehousing Boston, MA: Digital Press, 2003
Computer Graphics and Multimedia Systems	Graphics Hardware – Primitives Basic Mathematical Concepts for Computer Graphics Graphics Operations –Clipping, Filling Transformation 2D – 3D & Projections Object Representation Multimedia Systems	David F. Rogers and J. Alan Adams “Mathematical Elements for Computer Graphics”(Paperback) McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 2nd edition (July 17 Edition) Schaum’s Outline of “Theory and Problems of Computer Graphics” (Paperback) by Zhigang Xiang & Roy A. Plastic McGraw-Hill; 2nd edition (Jan 2015 Edition) Prabhat K Andleigh and Kiran Thakrar, “Multimedia Systems and Design”, PHI, 2003 Mark J. Bunzel and Sandra K. Morris “Multimedia Application Development” McgrawHill Osborne Media; 2nd edition (September 1993) Donald Hearn and M. Pauline Baker, “Computer Graphics C Version”, (Papaerback) 3rd Edition Prentice Hall (2002) Parekh Ranjan, “Principles of Multimedia”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2017 Prawal& B. B Tiwari, “Multimedia Systems”, Excel Publication, New Delhi, 2007. “Multimedia Demystified” – by Jennifer Coleman, Dowling; McGraw Hill.
Cloud Computing and Internet of Things (IoT)	Cloud Computing IoT Hardware Platform, Sensors & Actuators IoT Connectivity & Cloud Platform IoT Frameworks Use Cases – IoT and Cloud Services	Cloud Computing: A Hands-on Approach, Arshdeep Bahga, Vijay Medisetti The Definitive Guide to the ARM Cortex-M3, Joseph Yiu, Second Edition, Elsevier Inc. The Internet of Things: Key Applications and Protocols, David Boswarthick, Olivier Hersent, and Omar Elloumi, Wiley Building the Internet of Things with IPv6 and MIPv6, Daniel Minoli, Wiley. Cloud Computing: A Hands-on Approach, Arshdeep Bahga and Vijay K. Madisetti Enabling Things Talk, Alessandro Bassi, Martin Bauer, Martin Fiedler, Thorsten Kramp, Springer Open
Software Project Management	Recap on Software Project and Introduction to Project Management Project Management Issues Project Planning and Project Estimation Project Scheduling Risk Analysis and Management Software Measures and Metrics Quality Management Project Tracking Techniques and Monitoring Configuration Management, and Project Closure Agile Management	Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, Addison-Wesley, 2009 [9th Edn] Roger S. Pressman, Software Engineering - A Practitioners Approach, McGraw Hill, 2010 [7th Edn] Pankaj Jalote, Software Project Management in Practice, Addison-Wesley, 2002 Bob Hughes and Mike Cotterell, Software Project Management, McGraw-Hill, 2017 [6th Edn] Robert K. Winsock, Effective Project Management: Traditional, Adaptive, Extreme Wiley, 2007 (4th Edn) Ken Schwaber, Agile Project Management with Scrum, Microsoft Press, 2004. Kent Beck, Martin Fowler, Planning Extreme Programming, Addison-Wesley, 2001 Ben Collins- Sussman et al., Version Control with Subversion, 2002
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning	Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Applications of AI Advanced Python (Numpy, Pandas, Matplotlib) Machine Learning Deep Learning Computer Vision Natural Language Processing Case Study	Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Experts System, by Patterson Dan, W., PHI Artificial Intelligence a Modern Approach, by Peter Novig, S. J. Russel, Pearson Machine Learning an algorithmic Perspective by Stephen Marshland Learning Python By Mark Lutz, David Ascher Introduction to Machine Learning with python by Andreas C Muller, Sarah Guido Open CV Essentials by Oscar Deniz Suarez, NoeliaVallezEnano by Packt Publishers Deep Learning with Python by Francois Chollet.
Web Technologies	Introduction to Java and OOP concepts Java Concept Database Concept and JDBC Connectivity Servlet API JSP and Database Connectivity Hibernate Framework Java Web Frameworks: Spring MVC	Java - The Complete Reference by H. Schildt, Tata McGraw-Hill. OCA Java SE Programmer I Certification Guide by Mala Gupta, Dramatic Press Professional Java Server Programming by Subrahmanyam Allamaraju, Cedric Buest, Wiley Publication Spring in Action 3rd edition, Craig Walls, Manning Publication Hibernate 2nd edition, Jeff Linwood and Dave Minter, Beginning Après publication
Digital Marketing	Fundamentals of Digital Marketing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Social Media Marketing (SMM) Content and Email Marketing Affiliate Marketing Web Analytics Keyword Planning and Social Media Ad Campaigns Lead Generation and Marketing Automation	Digital Marketing, Second Edition by Seema Gupta, McGraw Hill Fundamentals of Digital Marketing, Second Edition by Puneet Singh Bhatia, Pearson Digital Marketing, by Vandana Ahuja, Oxford University Press
System Modelling & Computing Simulation	Introduction Statistical Models in Simulation Random Number Generation Input Modelling Estimation of Absolute Performance Measures of performance and their estimation Verification, Calibration and Validation	Jerry Banks, John S. Carson II, Barry L. Nelson, David M. Nicola: Discrete-Event System Simulation, 5th Edition, Pearson Education, 2010. Lawrence M. Leemis, Stephen K. Park: Discrete – Event Simulation: A First Course, Pearson Education, 2006. Averill M. Law: Simulation Modeling and Analysis, 4th Edition, Tata McGrawHill, 2007 Introduction to Dynamic Systems: Theory, Models, and Applications. D. G. Luenberger, 1979. Numerical Analysis, R. L. Burden and J. D. Faires, 1993.
Distributed and Parallel Computing	Introduction to Distributed and Parallel Computing Technologies Distributed Computing and Edge Computing Parallel Computing	Parallel & Distributed Computing by I. A. Dhotre, Technical Publications, 2021. Introduction to Parallel Computing, Ananth Grama, Anshul Gupta, George Karypis and Vipin Kumar, Pearson Ed. Fog and Edge Computing: Principles and Paradigms by Rajkumar Buyya, Satish Narayana Srirama, John Wiley & Sons, 2019.
Data Warehouse and Data Mining	Introduction Data Warehousing ETL processes Data Mining Primitives OLAP engines and OLAP operations Supervised and Unsupervised techniques Association algorithms Unsupervised algorithms Advanced Mining Concepts Applications	Hobbs, Lillian, et al. Oracle 9iR2 data warehousing Boston, MA: Digital Press, 2003. Kimball, Ralph. The data warehouse ETL toolkit practical techniques for extracting, cleaning, conforming, and delivering data Indianapolis, Ind. : Wiley, c2004 Kimball, Ralph. The data warehouse toolkit the complete guide to dimensional modeling, second edition New York: Wiley, c2002. Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) Jiawei Han and Micheline Kamber, ISBN-10 Arun K Pujari, "Data Mining Techniques" Universities Press. M. Jarke, M. Lenzerni, Y. Vassiliou, and P. Vassiladis, “Fundamentals of Data Warehouses, Springer Verlag New York, Inc. Secaucus, NJ, USA. Margaret Dunham, "Data mining: Introductory and Advanced Topics", Prentice Hall;
Software Testing and Quality Assurance	Introduction Industry Practices and Software Quality Understanding Pre-testing documents Testing Techniques and Strategies Building Test Cases and Plans Verification, Validation and Debugging Techniques and Tools Quality Assurance and Standards Post-testing activities and documents Agile Software Development Practices and Agile Testing Version Control	Desikan S, Ramesh G, “Software Testing”, Pearson Education Tamres L, “Introducing Software Testing”, Pearson Education Mathura A.P, “Fundamentals of Software Testing”, Pearson Education Testing Object Oriented Systems, Robert V. Binder, Addison Wesley G. J. Myers, The Art of Software Testing Beizer, Boris. Software Testing Techniques, 2nd Ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York. Pfleeger, L. Shari. Software Engineering-Theory and Practice. Prentice-Hall. Brian Marick, “The Craft of Software Testing”, Pearson Education, 2008. Rajani & Oak, “Software Testing: Methodology, Tools and Processes” Tata McGrawHill, 2007. R. Pressman, “Software Engineering”, 6th Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill.
Digital Image Processing	Introduction Image Digitization Image Enhancement Image Restoration Image Compression Image Segmentation Image Registration and Multi-valued Image Processing Image Transformations Object Detection Process Introduction to Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality	Rafael C. Gonzalez& Richard E. Woods: Digital Image Processing, Addision-Wesley Chanda, D. Dutta Majumder: Digital Image Processing and Analysis, PHI, 2000. Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard E. Woods, Steven L. Eddins: “Digital Image Processing using MATLAB”, Parsons Education Asia, 2004 Nick Afford: Know the basics of edge computing Know the Challenges in Federating Edge Resources Know the method Data Management in Edge Computing age Processing, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 2000. Scott E Umbaugh: Computer Vision and Image Processing, PHI, 1998.
Accounting & Financial Management	Basic Accounting System Accounting Concepts and Standards Preparation of Profit & Loss & Balance Sheet Financial Management Inventory & Receivables Management Portfolio Management and IT applications Social, Ethical and Legal Aspects	R.Narayanaswamy: Financial Accounting: A Managerial Perspective, PHI MN Arora: Copst and Management Accounting, Vikas Publications Prasanna Chandra, “Financial Management: Theory and Practices, 5th Edition, 2001,Tata McGraw Hill. Robert N. Anthony and James s. Reece: Accounting Principles S.N. Mahesweri : Advanced Accountancy M.Y. Khan and P.K. Jain, “Management: Accounting”, Second Edition, 1995 (TataMcGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd, New Delhi. R.L. Gupta and M. Radhaswamy : Advanced Accountancy Horngran, C.T., Foster G and Sales, S.M., “Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, 10th Edition, 2000, Prentice Hall of India. Paresh Shah, Management Accounting, OUP Ravi M. Kishore, Cost and Management Accounting, Taxmann
Wireless & Mobile Communication	Wireless Communication Fundamentals Cellular & Mobile Technologies Wireless LAN Technologies WSN and WPAN Technologies	Theodore S. Rappaport, “Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice”, Second Edition, 2002, Pearson Education Asia. David Tse and Pramod Viswanath, Fundamentals of wireless communications, Cambridge University Press, First Edition, 2012 Henrik Schulz And Christian L¨uders, Theory and Applications of OFDM and CDMA Wideband Wireless Communications, John Wily & Sons, First Edition, 2005 Bluetooth Revealed; By: Miller, Brent A, Bisdikian, Chatschik; Addison Wesley Longman Pte Ltd., Delhi Wilson , “Sensor Technology hand book,” Elsevier Publications 2005. Andrea Goldsmith, “Wireless Communications,” Cambridge University Press, 2005 Mobile and Personal Communications Services and Systems; 1st Edition; By Raj Pandya; PHI, New Delhi Mobile Communications; By: Schiller, Jochen H; Addison Wesley Longman Pte
Blockchain Technology	Introduction Fundamentals of Blockchain Technology Consensus Mechanism Encryption & Decryption Algorithm Crypto Currencies and Bitcoin Types of Blockchain Private Blockchain Implementation/Case Studies Standards and possible attacks Use Case	-

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NIELIT 2026 C Level Syllabus

Units	Topics	Reference Materials
Elements of Mathematical Sciences	Linear Algebra: Matrices, Vectors, Determinants Calculus: Differential and Integral Calculus Analytical Geometry Infinite Series Probability Theory and Distributions Statistics	E Kreyszig, “Advanced Engineering Mathematics”, 10th Ed., 2011, Wiley Publication. G. B. Thomas and R. L. Finney, “Calculus and Analytical Geometry”, 9th Edition, 2002, Pearson Education Asia Sheldon Ross, A First Course in Probability, 8th edition, 2009, Pearson Education
Operating System	Overview Process Management Storage Management I/O Systems Distributed Systems Protection & Security Case Studies	Silberschatz Galvin, “Operating System Concepts”, 1999, Addison-Wesley Longman. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S.Woodhull, “Operating Systems: Design & Implementation”’ 2002, Pearson Education Asia. Mark E. Russinovich and David A. Solomon, “Windows Internals 5th Edition” June 2009: Microsoft Press.
Data Structure through JAVA	Introduction Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming and Java Performance Analysis Techniques Elementary Data Structures Recursion Trees Graphs Strings Sorting and Searching Methods	Jean-Paul Tremblay and Paul G, “An Introduction to Data Structures with Applications”, Sorenson Publisher – Tata McGraw Hill. Wiley Higher Education, “Data Structures and Algorithms in Java”, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons.
Computer System Architecture	Introduction to Computer Arithmetic Register Transfer Language Instruction Set Design Pipelining Programming the Basic Computer I/O Fundamentals Memory Organization Multiprocessor and Multiple Computers	Morris Mano, “Computer System Architecture”, Prentice Hall of India Edition. Pal Chaudhary, “ Computer Organization and Design”, Prentice Hall of India
Advanced Computer Graphics	Basic Background 3D Viewing Representing Curves and Surfaces Solid Modeling Visible Surface Determination Illumination Models & Rendering Colour Models Introduction to Animation	James D. Foley, Andries Van Dam, Steven K. Feiner & John F. Hughes, “Computer Graphics – Principles and Practices”, 2nd Edition in C, 2005 Donald Hearn and M Pauline Baker, “Computer Graphics”, 2nd Edition, 2003, Prentice Hall of India.
Advanced Computer Networks	Networking Concepts Performance Models Multiple Access Networks Cell Relay and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) IP Networks Multicast and Internet Working End-to-End Protocols Multimedia Networking	Bertsekas and Gallager, “Data Networks”. 2nd Ed., Prectice Hall India. Stallings, “High-Speed Networks and Internet”, 2nd Ed., Pearson Education. Peterson and Davie,”Computer Networks-A Systems Approach”, 3rd Ed., Elsevier (India) Kurose and Ross, “Computer Networking”, 3rd Ed., Pearson Education.
Mathematical Methods for Computing	Probability and Information Theory Stochastic Processes Queueing Theory and Performance Evaluation Optimization Laplace and Fourier transform	K.S. Trivedi, “Probability and Statistics with Reliability, Queuing, and Computer Science Applications”, 2nd Edition, John Wiley, 2008. E.K.P.Chong and S.H.Zak, “An Introduction to Optimization”, 3rd Edition, 2008, John Wiley. S.Ross, “A First Course in Probability”, 6th Edition, Pearson, 2010. E.Kreyszig, “Advanced Engineering Mathematics,” 10th Edition, 2011, Wiley
Advanced Algorithms	Introduction Greedy Algorithms Divide & Conquer Algorithms Dynamic Programming Algorithms Amortized Analysis Graph Algorithms String Matching Sorting Computational Complexity Approximate Algorithms	T H Corman et al, “Introduction to Algorithms”, Pearson Education, 2001. Aho, Hopcroft, Ullman, “The Design and analysis of computer algorithms”, Pearson Education.
Data Warehousing and Data Mining	Introduction and Background Data Preprocessing Data Warehousing and OLAP Technology Data Cube Computation and Data Generalization Mining frequent patterns, associations and correlations Classifications and Predictions Cluster Analysis Mining streams Time series and sequence data Applications of Data Warehousing and Data Mining	Jiawei Han and Micheline Kamber, “Data Mining Concepts and Techniques”, second edition, 2006. Margaret Dunham, “Data Mining: Introductory and Advanced Topics”, Prentice Hall India Arun K Pujari, “Data Mining Techniques”, Orient Longman Publishers
Multimedia Systems	Introduction Compression of Multimedia data Multimedia Systems Delivery of Multimedia Data Multimedia Information Management Multimedia Programming Tagging (SMIL) Introduction to MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) Virtual Reality	Ralf Steinmetz and Llara Nahrstedt, “Multimedia: Computing, Communications & Applications”, Pearson Education P.K. Andleigh and K.Thakrar, “Multimedia Systems Design”, Prentice Hall India, 1996 John Vince, “Virtual Reality Systems”., Thomson Training & Simulation Ltd. Fred Halsall, “Multimedia Communications”, Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co., 2000.
Digital Image Processing and Computer Vision	Introduction to Image Processing & Computer Vision Image Formation Image Enhancement & Restoration Color Image Processing Wavelets and Multiresolution processing Image Compression Edge and Boundary Detection Morphological Image Processing Motion Estimation, Detection & Tracking Shape Representation and Reconstruction	Rafael C. Gonzalez & Richard E. Woods, “Digital Image Processing”, 3rd Edition, Pearson Education. D.Forsyth, J Ponce, “Computer Vision – A Modern Approach”, Prentice Hall, India
Information Security	Introduction to Cryptography Mathematics of Cryptography Introduction to Number Theory Conventional Encryption Pseudo - Random Number Generators (PRNGs) Hash Functions and MAC Key Establishment and Public - Key Cryptography Integrity and Digital Signature	William Stallings, “Cryptography and Network Security, Principles and Practice”, Prentice Hall India. Behrouz A Forouzan, “Cryptography & Network Security”, Tata McGraw-Hill Publications
Soft Computing	Introduction to Soft Computing Introduction to Genetic Algorithm Genetic Modeling Regression and Optimization Neuro-Fuzzy Modeling Advances Neuro-Fuzzy Modeling Neuro-Fuzzy Control Other Hybrid System	Jang J S R, Sun C T, Mizutani, “Neuro-Fuzzy and Soft Computing”, Pearson Education Edition, 1997, Reprint 2007 Akerker and Sajja, MS and Jones and Bartlett, MA, USA, “Knowledge-Based Systems”, 2009 Ian Cloete and Jacek Zurada, “Knowledge Based Neuro Computing” University Press, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 2002 Oscar Cordon, Francisco Herrera, Frank Hoffmann, Luis Magdalena, “Genetic Fuzzy Systems”, Word Scientific Publishing Ltd., 2001
Software Systems	Basic Software Engineering and Study of Different Life Cycle Models Requirements & Specification Design Concept and Methods Object-Oriented Methodology for Analysis and Design Modeling with UML Testing Object-Oriented Systems and Quality Assurance Software Architecture Software Agent	Pressman R.S., “Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach” Tata Mcgraw Hill. Sommerville I., Addision-Wesley, “Software Engineering”
Digital Signal Processing	Discrete-Time Signals & System Z-Transform Applications of z-transform Frequency Analysis of Signals and Systems Discrete Fourier Transform Implementation of Discrete Time Systems Design of Digital Filters Introduction to DSP co-processors Applications Advance DSP concepts	J.G. Proakis, “Introduction to Digital Signal Processing”, PHI N.G.Palan, ”Digital Signal Processing”,Tech-Max Publications S Sallivahanan, ”Digital Signal Processing”, Tata McGraw Hill. Ashok Ambardar, “Analog and Digital Signal Processing”, Thompson Learning
Machine Learning	Introduction Inductive Classification Ensemble Learning Experimental Evaluation of Learning Algorithms Rule Learning: Propositional and First-Order Artificial Neural Networks Support Vector Machines Bayesian Learning	Tom Mitchell, “Machine Learning”, McGraw Hill, 1997, ISBN 0070428077 Ethem Alpaydin, “Introduction to Machine Learning”, MIT Press, 2004
Cyber Forensic & Law	Introduction Cyber Forensics Tools and Utilities Concealment Techniques Hardware: Model System Platforms Software: Operating Systems, Network Traffic and Applications Standard Operating Procedures: Digital Forensic Laboratory Accreditation Standards Acquiring Data, Duplicating Data, and Recovering Deleted Files Forensic Discovery and Analysis Using Back Track Privacy and Cyber Forensics	Albert J.Marcella, Jr. Doug Menendez, “Cyber Forensics”, Second Edition, Auerbach Publications. Anthony Reyes & Jack Wiles, “Cybercrime and Digital Forensics”, Syngress.
Project Management	Introduction to Software Project Management System Overview of Project Planning Project Estimation Project Scheduling Organization and Team Structure Risk Analysis and Management Resource Allocation Project Tracking and Configuration Management Project Contract Management Software Quality Assurance	Bob Hughes and Mike Cotterell, “Software Project Management”, 3rd Edition, 2002, McGraw-Hill. 2. Pankaj Jalote, “Software Project Management in Practice”, 2002, Pearson Education, Asia.
Mobile Computing	Introductory Framework Wide-Area Mobile Communication Access Local-Area Mobile Communication Access Mobile Network Layer Mobile Transport Layer Mobile Databases Mobile Server and Management Mobile Operating Systems Programming and Language Support Security in Mobile Computing	Raj Kamal, "Mobile Computing", Oxford University Press. A.K. Talukder and R.R. Yavagal, "Mobile Computing: Applications and Service Technology, Creation", Tata McGraw Hill.

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Commonly asked questions

Q: Which units have to be studied for NIELIT A/B/C level exam?

The authorities release the units to the studied for the A/B/C level exam through the NIELIT syllabus. The topics from these units have to be studied by the candidates.

A Level	B Level	C Level
Information Technology Tools and Network Basics Web Designing & Publishing Programming and Problem-solving through Python Language Introduction to the Internet of Things (IoT) and its Applications Data Structure Through Object-Oriented Programming Language Computer Organization and Operating System Databases Technologies	Basic Mathematics Management Fundamentals and Information Systems Discrete Structure Software Engineering Operating System Data Communications and Computer Networks Computer-Based Statistical and Numerical Methods	Elements of Mathematical Sciences Operating System Data Structure through JAVA Computer System Architecture Advanced Computer Graphics Advanced Computer Networks Mathematical Methods for Computing

Q: Where can I get the NIELIT syllabus?

The NIELIT syllabus is published online at nielit.gov.in. The candidates can verify the units and topics is available by going through the NIELIT syllabus. To prepared well for the exam, the candidates are recommended to verify the official syllabus so that they know the topics to be covered. Course-wise syllabus will be published online.

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NIELIT 2026 Exam Pattern

Along with the syllabus, the candidates are advised to check the NIELIT 2026 exam pattern to be well-prepared for the examination. Through the exam pattern of NIELIT 2026, the candidates will be able to know how the examination will be conducted by the authorities. NIELIT 2026 O/A/B/C will be held as an offline test at various centres. The question paper will be based on the official NIELIT 2026 syllabus.

Commonly asked questions

Q: What is the medium for the NIELIT exam?

There is a facility for candidates to choose to write the answers (the descriptive part only) either in English or Hindi. The preference should be marked therein. In case the preference is not marked, then the choice for the English medium will be by default. Question papers would remain in English only.

Q: How many levels are there in NIELIT?

NIELIT offers admission to the courses at various levels, including

'O': Foundation Level
'A': Advanced Diploma
'B': MCA Equivalent
'C': M.Tech Level in Computer Science and Engineering
Digital Literacy Courses

- ACC (Awareness in Computer Concepts)
- BCC (Basic Computer Course)
- CCC (Course on Computer Concept)
- CCC+ (Course on Computer Concept Plus)
- ECC (Expert Computer Course)

Q: Is NIELIT CCC more advanced than O-level?

No, NIELIT O-level is slightly more advanced than CCC. It is a one-year Diploma course that provides education in Computer Science and Engineering. It is nearly equivalent to a Polytechnic Diploma and is slightly tougher. In this course, students learn about programming, multimedia, ICT, etc. NIELIT CCC is a certificate course, where only a basic computer knowledge test is conducted, which consists of details about hardware, software, number systems, spreadsheets, word processors, etc.

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NIELIT Exam is organised at all India levels for entry into different UG and PG courses under the names Non-Formal Courses, such as O-Level, A-Level, B-Level, and C-Level. The NIELIT exam is organised twice yearly, in January and July.

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